Jury deliberates in murder trial

6:48 PM,
Mar. 21, 2014

With a diagram placed on the back of a sheriff department van, defense attorney Don Sappanos, from left, Assistant Prosecutor Tamara Towns and Judge Conrad Sindt view the scene of a 2011 shooting Friday.

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After viewing the scene of a homicide, hearing final arguments and legal instructions and deliberating for three hours Friday, a Calhoun County Circuit Court jury left for the weekend without a verdict.

The three men and nine women will return Monday trying to decide if Shawn McKnight is guilty of murder and assault with intent to murder.

He is charged with killing Terence Ware, 26, and seriously wounding his own cousin, Tyreese Hesiben, 26, at the intersection of Howland Street and Bowen Avenue about 3 a.m. Sept. 5, 2011. ...